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He previously served as Special Assistant for Joint and Operational Logistics, Naval
Supply Systems Command, Arlington, VA, from 2002 to 2004. His other tours include Force
Supply Officer for the Naval Surface Force, US Pacific Fleet, from 2000 to 2002, Acquisition
Business Management Deputy for Program Support in ASN (RDA) from 1998 to 2000. From
January to July 1999, he served in Sarajevo, Bosnia, as NATO’s Theater Head of Contracts.
Rear Adm. Brown received his commission through the NROTC program from the
University of Notre Dame in 1977. Following Supply Corps School, he was assigned as
Supply Officer of USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619). From 1980-1982, he was a Navy
Acquisition Contracting Officer at the Navy Regional Contracting Center in Long Beach, CA.
From 1982 to 1984, he served as Supply Officer of Submarine Squadron Four in
Charleston, NC.
From 1984 to 1986, he attended UCLA's Graduate School of Management, receiving
his MBA in Finance and Public Management. From 1986 to 1989, he served as Business
Review Officer and New Construction Contracts Officer at the Supervisor of Shipbuilding,
Conversion and Repair in San Diego. Following that tour, he was Assistant Supply Officer of
USS McKee (AS 41).
Rear Admiral Brown served as Deputy Director of the Missiles, Systems and
Avionics Contracts Division at the Naval Air Systems Command in Washington, from 1991
to 1993. He received a Master's of Science degree from the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces and also graduated from the Defense Acquisition University's Senior Acquisition
Course in 1994.
From 1994 to 1996, he was assigned to the Joint Staff International Logistics
Division. For his contributions to operational logistics in Haiti and Bosnia, then Commander
Brown was recognized as the Logistics Directorate’s Action Officer of the Year in 1996.
From 1996 to 1998, he was Supply Officer of USS Tarawa (LHA 1), completing two western
Pacific deployments.
Rear Adm. Brown's awards include the Legion of Merit, the Defense and Navy
Meritorious Service Medals, the Joint Service Commendation Medal, and the Navy
Commendation Medal with three gold stars.
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